Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi is an academic organization dedicated to the promotion of Indian Dalit literature, art and culture in the languages of India. The organization is an all India Dalit writers association established 1984. It was founded by Jagjivan Ram, the 4th deputy prime minister of India.
The Akademi was established for fulfilling the unaccomplished dream of B. R. Ambedkar to alleviate the discrimination faced by Dalits.
The members of the Akademi publicly burned multiple copies of the famed novel Rangbhoomi, written by Premchand on 31 July 2004 at Jantar Mantar park in New Delhi. This incident made a maelstrom and provoked the traditional literary establishments and it was caused to divide the Akademi to many Dalit organizations all over in India.
Following people served as state presidents of the organization: